ITP started its Dual Professional Training programme today with the enrolment of 19 students: nine are joining the company's central plant in Zamudio, where they will be working closely with the CFAA (Aeronautics Advanced Manufacturing Centre), and ten are joining the PCB plant in Barakaldo, where the company's casting operations are based.

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc will purchase the outstanding 53.1% shareholding in Industria de Turbo Propulsores SA ("ITP") owned by SENER Grupo de Ingeniería SA ("SENER"). The acquisition strengthens Rolls-Royce's position on its Civil Aerospace large engine growth programmes by capturing significant additional value from its long-term aftermarket revenues, including the high volume Trent 1000 and Trent XWB engines, where ITP has played a key role as a risk and revenue sharing partner. It also enhances the group's manufacturing and services capabilities and adds value to the Defence Aerospace business, particularly on the TP400 and EJ200 programmes.

The new plant is part of PCB's expansion plan, within ITP's Strategic Plan for the 2016-2020 period, which can be considered a response to the aeronautic sector's growth prospects.

Rolls-Royce will pay SENER a total consideration of €720m. Under the existing shareholder agreement, consideration will be settled over a two year period.

The HTF7700L version, with 7,550 lb. takeoff thrust, is part of Honeywell's HTF7000 family of engines, which has set a new standard for business jet propulsion systems.

Maintenance work began on the Atar in 1978 and since then over 800 Atar engines have been repaired at Ajalvir for different clients, particularly the Spanish Air Force and Snecma itself.

ITP has acquired 20% of the shares of PCB, which was in the hands of Switzerland's Precicast SA. Both companies had founded Precicast Bilbao in 1999. Through this acquisition, PCB will become a wholly owned subsidiary of ITP. Casting activities at PCB are strategic to ITP, as they allow developing a differentiated product offering in relation to other companies in the sector. In this sense, the operation is included in the forecasted growth plans that are part of ITP's current 2016-2020 Strategic Plan, which has recently been launched. 

The Director General in charge of Acquisitions for the Spanish Armed Forces, Álvaro Juan Pino Salas, and Ignacio Mataix Entero, the CEO of ITP, today formalised a Framework Agreement in the presence of the Lieutenant General of the Logistical Support Command (MALOG), José María Orea Malo. Under the terms of this agreement, the company will be responsible for the inorganic maintenance of in service engines in the different air and naval fleets of Spain's Sea, Air and Land-Based Armed Forces.

Operating income reached 63 million euros, a 10% increase compared to the previous year, with 8.9% profitability on sales. Such increase was due fundamentally to better performance of a number of programs, both product and management cost containment initiatives and higher In Service Support sales.